2016 Hike Gran Canaria, Teror to Firgas

0745hrs Sunday 23 October left marina and walked with Christer, Siv, Per, Bitte & Elizabeth to the Telmo Bus Station. 

 

Beautiful sunrise

 

Caught the 0830 nr 229 (slow)  bus arriving in Teror at 0920 hrs

 

The hike we had planned to do would take us through the Finca de Osorio and via the La Laguna picnic area to Firgas

( Below map is from the ViewRanger App - very handy app as one's GPS position is always being displayed on the offline map and plots one's track as one walks).

 

However, we found the main entrance gates to the Finca de Osorio closed.

 

We met a kind lady Julia who was walking her dog who was also surprised but showed us an alternative entrance to the Finca

 

This route had good views towards the north coast, but on arriving at the 2nd entrance we were stopped from entering by a warden who told us that the Finca was closed to the public on Sundays.

 

So our very friendly guide walked back with us and showed us another route which climbed steeply up the hill behind the Finca. Close to the top we said goobdye 

 

And not long afterwards, we stopped for a picnic lunch

 

 

We were now on our originally planned route which took us past the popular La Laguna picnic area

 

 

Views of the North Coast

 

At this point we were following a signposted route which was not marked on the ViewRanger map

 

Which way?

 

 

 

Shortly after this sign, the route came to a dead end!

 

So we retraced our steps

 

and with the aid of the ViewRanger app, found our way to Firgas (arrived around 1430 hrs) where we had a welcome beer whilst waiting for the bus.

 

Caught the 1500 hrs nr 211 bus to Arucas then the 1540hrs nr 210 bus to Las Palmas, getting out at El Corte Ingles

 

Hike 20.07.2013 Cuevas de Corcho to Teror

Saturday 20 July we left Dutch Link to catch the 1000hrs Nr 216 bus from the Telmo bus station in Las Palmas to Teror

At the smart new Teror Bus Station we caught the 1100 hrs Nr 220 bus towards Antenara. 

(One has to be very careful with the 220 bus timetable - the only bus to go directly in the morning from Las Palmas to Artenara is the 0815 Sunday Bus. The only bus to go to Artenara Monday to Saturday is the Nr 220 which starts from Teror at 1100 hrs. Non of the other 220 buses go to Artenara.)

Got off the Nr 220 bus at Cuevas de Corcho at 1130hrs ready for a shortened version of Sunflower Gran Canaria Guide Hike Nr 6. 

(The sunflower hike starts in Cruz de Tejeda but, as we wanted to give ourselves more time and we had already done the section from Cruz de Tejeda to Cuevas de Corcho, we started at Cuevas de Corcho)

Our start of the hike

The first part of the hike was through a pine forest

many of the pine trees were infested with Spanish Moss - reminded us of parts of the East Coast of the USA

The trail passes the crater Las Calderatas, one of the islands most recent volcanos

an old village washing area

Due to Mike's health, we will not be cruising the Azores this year - found these beautiful Hydrangeas which reminded us of what we are missing!

Barranco del Charquillo

Lots of citrus trees (mainly Lemon)

The hike ended at  the bus station in Teror where we caught the Nr 216 bus back to Las Palmas.
A very enjoyable varied hike - the route took us along several roads but luckily they were not very busy.

Below are the Bus timetables we used - one should however check for the latest timetables as they do change occasionally